Western Resources seeks two thirds fee cut after protest
In Topeka Western Resources asks state regulators to reduce a 500 percent service charge for small businesses from $30 to $10, while proposing raises for other customer groups. The fee, charged monthly for gas service, surged from $5 to $30 for small businesses. residential fees rose from $5 to $6.20. Regulators planned a 3 p.m. meeting to iron out details.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas House
Western Resources
Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Western
Boeing plans to add 1000 jobs in Oklahoma City expansion
Boeing plans to hire 1000 engineers and skilled workers in Oklahoma City over six years, under the Quality Jobs program and Tinker AFB protection. The average pay will be about 42000 dollars annually. Some hires may transfer from Wichita and Seattle, but many will be local.
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Oklahoma City
Tinker Air Force Base
Boeing Co
Boeing
Larry DeBrot
Tactical Air Command
Air Force Base
Wichita
Kan
Seattle
DeBrot
Sex offender registration law first charges filed in Kansas
In OLATHE Kansas Dwight Cooperwood 23 on probation for one offense now faces a charge for violating the 1994 sex offender registration law. He is the first person in the state charged under the law which requires offenders to register where they reside and to report address changes promptly. Authorities say another person is being investigated.
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Olathe
Kan
Dwight Cooperwood
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Cooperwood
Johnson County
Advocates sue Kansas hospital over patient rights loss
A Kansas advocacy group files a $10 million federal suit in Wichita alleging Larned State Hospital misdiagnosed Rita Patino Quintero, a Mexican Indian woman, as schizophrenic and medically restrained her from June 1983 to September 1984, failing to consider her culture and language.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
For the
Wichita
Larned State Hospital
Rita Patino Quintero
Ottawa Board Keeps Sixth Graders Together on High School Campus
Ottawa Board of Education voted 6-0 to retain sixth graders as a single class and house them at the high school next fall. Dale Fox, named OMS principal for next year, urged preserving the sixth grade as a transitional, identity forming year with elective options. Fox, 55, has served the district since 1968 and has been OMS assistant principal since 1990.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Dale Fox
OMS
Fox
Ottawa
Woolf
Steve Woolf
Colorado Springs
Colo
Topeka
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Summer lunches kick off with 36 kids at center
Dawn Bennett reports the first session of Ottawa's summer lunch program served 36 children at the Don Woodward Community Center. Wayne Burns says turnout was strong with many volunteers. Meals run weekdays at noon through August 16, funded by USDA and administered via Franklin County Extension Service and Nutrition Network.
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Phaote
Jay Thornton
Tabitha Sims
Shawn Scott
Ottawa
Don Woodward
Dawn
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Franklin County Extension Service
Franklin County Nutrition Network
Mid-America Nutrition Council
Burns
Marcia Houck
Franklin County
Betsy Kennedy
Dole bids Congress farewell on Senate floor
Senator Bob Dole delivered an emotional farewell to the Senate as he prepared to leave the chamber to focus on his presidential campaign. Family watched from the gallery as colleagues rose in silence, and the balcony named in his honor drew quick humor from the former majority leader.
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Carolyn Skorneck
Associated Press
Ashington Warnes
Bob Dole
United States Senate
Congress
Senate
Elizabeth
Robin
Sheila Burke
Dale
Dole
Robert J. Dole
America
Ottawa University choirs tour Ottawa Ontario and Niagara Falls
Adelente and Shekinah Singers from Ottawa University led by Joyce Stuermer toured Ottawa Ontario from May 24 to 26 with stops in London and Toronto. They gave a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser at Niagara Falls and presented gifts to officials in Ottawa Canada and Ottawa Kansas, including a china set and a book about Ottawa Ontario.
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Bill Tellier
Ottawa
Canada
Kan
Stuermer
Ottawa, Kan
Gene Ramsey
Ontario
Republican Stan Wollard Files For 5th District Seat
Parker Republican Stan Wollard, a veteran candidate for the Kansas Legislature, filed by petition Monday morning for the 5th District House seat. He cited a personal commitment to public service and said the decision followed a long period of consideration spanning over a decade.
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Wollard
Valerie Wolf
Kansas
Fee
Stan Wollard
Parker
Random Acts 4 of Kindness Honoree Vashon Perryman
Vashon Perryman is praised for good citizenship and courtesy, described as diplomatic, who tells teachers they are nice and holds doors for others. Angela Perryman nominates him, noting this is a valuable trait for today’s youth. Report acts of kindness via local drop boxes at multiple Ottawa area locations and partner businesses.
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Vashon Perryman
Vashon
Angela Perryman
Ottawa
Wal-Mart
Country Mart
Amoco
Town & Country Supply
John Brockway
Brown’s Shoe Fit
Chris
Horseshoe Cafe
North Main
North Casey's
City Hall
Edward D. Jones
County Extension
Sunflower Plaza
South Poplar
Jeff's Foods
Wellsville
Price Saver
Pomona
Central Heights
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